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Prayer Led by Reverend William Warren, Cromer Parish Church. |
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Apologies for Absence To receive apologies for absence, if any. |
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To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 22 February 2023 and the Extraordinary meeting held on 01 March 2023. Additional documents:
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TO RECEIVE DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS FROM MEMBERS Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The Code of Conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest (see attached guidance and flowchart) |
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Items of Urgent Business To determine any other items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B (4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972. |
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Chairman's Communications To receive the Chairman’s communications, if any. |
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Leader's Announcements To receive announcements from the Leader. |
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Public Questions and Statements To consider any questions or statements received from members of the public. |
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To receive reports from Cabinet Members on their portfolios.
Members are reminded that they may ask questions of the Cabinet Member on their reports and portfolio areas but should note that it is not a debate.
No member may ask more than one question plus a supplementary question, unless the time taken by members’ questions does not exceed 30 minutes in total, in which case, second questions will be taken in the order that they are received (Constitution, Chapter 2, part 2, section 12.2)
Cabinet members (listed alphabetically):
Cllr T Adams (Leader / Executive Support) Cllr H Blathwayt (Coast) Cllr A Brown – Planning & Enforcement Cllr W Fredericks – Housing & Benefits Cllr V Gay – Leisure, Culture & Wellbeing Cllr R Kershaw – Sustainable Growth Cllr N Lloyd – Environment & Climate Change Cllr E Seward - Finance, Assets & Legal Cllr L Shires – Organisational Resources
Additional documents:
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Recommendations from Cabinet 06 March 2023 The following recommendation was made to Full Council at the Cabinet meeting held on 6th March 2023:
Agenda Item 9: Budget Monitoring 2022-2023 Period 10
RESOLVED to
Recommend to Full Council that any outturn deficit is funded by using the General Fund Reserve.
The Overview & Scrutiny Committee supported the recommendation at the meeting held on 15 March Additional documents: |
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Recommendations from the Overview & Scrutiny Committee 15 March 2023 To receive an oral update from the Chairman of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee regarding any recommendations made at the meeting held on 15th March 2023. |
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Recommendations from the Constitution Working Party 21 March 2023 To receive an update from the Chairman of the Constitution Working Party on the review of the Constitution (undertaken by the Centre for Governance & Scrutiny) |
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Debate not Hate Campaign
LIST OF BACKGROUND PAPERS AS REQUIRED BY LAW (Papers relied on to write the report, which do not contain exempt information and which are not published elsewhere)
Contact Officer, telephone number and email: Democratic Services Manager, 01263 516010, emma.denny@north-norfolk.gov.uk
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Questions Received from Members None Received. |
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Opposition Business Please note that there is a total time limit of 30 minutes for this item, as set out in the Constitution, Chapter 2, section 3.7(d)
The following item of Opposition Business has been proposed by Cllr C Cushing, seconded by Cllr N Dixon:
‘In the Earmarked Reserves there is
£848,686 allocated for an artificial grass pitch in North
Walsham and Fakenham. The forecast budget indicates that there is
no intention to spend these funds in the next financial
year.
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Notice(s) of Motion Please note that there is a total time limit of 30 minutes for this item – as set out in the Constitution, Chapter 2, paragraph 14.11
The following Notice of Motion has been proposed by Cllr G Hayman, seconded by Cllr G Perry-Warnes:
‘First Past the Post (FPTP) originated when land-owning aristocrats dominated parliament and voting was restricted to property-owning men. In Europe, only the UK and authoritarian Belarus still use archaic single-round FPTP for general elections. Internationally, Proportional Representation (PR) is used to elect the parliaments of more than 80 countries. These countries tend to be more equal, freer and greener. PR ensures all votes count, have equal value, and that seats won match votes cast. Under PR, MPs and Parliaments better reflect the age, gender and protected characteristics of both local communities and of the nation. MPs better reflecting the communities they represent in turn leads to improved decision-making, wider participation and increased levels of ownership of decisions taken. PR would also end minority rule. In 2019, 43.6% of the vote produced a government with 56.2% of the seats and 100% of the power. Fair, proportional votes also prevent ‘wrong winner’ elections such as occurred in 1951 and February 1974. PR is the national policy of the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Reform UK and Women’s Equality Party along with a host of Trade Unions and pro-democracy organisations. PR is already used to elect the parliaments and assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Its use should now be extended to include Westminster. This Council therefore resolves to write to H.M. Government calling for a change in our outdated electoral laws and to enable Proportional Representation to be used for UK General Elections’
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Exclusion of Press and Public To pass the following resolution – if necessary:
“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) _ of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.” |
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Private Business |